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Contradictions
Ignore The Rules Dicktator Teach Patriotism Blackout The Truth Arms Race Prioritize Life Hunt Anti-Christians Fiction Deport Illegals Euro Nation Fire Federal Workers Strangle Oversight Smash Regulations We Die End EPA Who Cares Dump Social Security Let Old People Die… Continue reading
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them they us
us don’t carethere is no empathy left in usno sympathyno care in the universe them us know who they areseriously they are themfacelessunnamedthey might as well be invisible ushave enough pain in our worldus cannot will notassume the debt of… Continue reading
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Something Is Terribly Wrong
The bargain seemed simple enough. If Donald Trump were elected to another term as president- and I’m paraphrasing here- we would see the most significant period of prosperity in the history of our country. Again. Or for the first time?… Continue reading
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CHAOS.
I’m reviewing my memory disks(I mean U.S. history) traveling way backbefore my time when the world=CHAOS. Colonialism ImperialismSlavery GenocideExploitationWorkers of the WorldUnite(no one is going to protect you)the color of your skinthe skin of your color(the first U.S. Civil War)=CHAOS.… Continue reading
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i want to dance…
i want to dance through today tomorrow foreverstepping through music doors across moving floorsupside down right side up spinning like a wild windthat you will never catch. i want to dancemove effortlessly as if floating standing stillmoving forward upside-down right-side… Continue reading
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random poems
random #710excavating memories for lessonsfor explanationsfor guidancefor a reason why all of thisis what it is. for how and why i got herefor some guide totoday and tomorrowand some time in the futurewhen you/me can’t rememberanymoreor want to. random #2595we… Continue reading
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Live Poetry
“Launched by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996, National Poetry Month is a special occasion that celebrates poets’ integral role in our culture and that poetry matters. Over the years, it has become the largest literary celebration in… Continue reading
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Fear and Loathing in America
“The moment we no longer have a free press, anything can happen. What makes it possible for a totalitarian or any other dictatorship to rule is that people are not informed; how can you have an opinion if you are… Continue reading
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Inside My Brain, Through My Heart
The following writing samples are the final products of free writing exercises I refer to as “Exercising Those Writing Bones.” These were part of my Theatre 389 Playwriting class during the Fall 2023 semester at CSULB. We received various prompts… Continue reading
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space is the place/an ode to Sun Ra
Just past midnight on New Year’s Day in 1980, I witnessed a performance by the late jazz composer, bandleader, pianist, synthesizer player, and poet Sun Ra in Washington, D.C., while under the influence of acid. This is a tribute to… Continue reading
